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"\n                    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe daily\nupdate also showed 154 new deaths from the virus in England within 28 days of a\npositive test, down from 178 on Friday.The data\nnormally also includes Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but did not on\nSaturday because of differences in reporting schedules over the New Year\nweekend.The daily\nnumber of confirmed infections across the United Kingdom repeatedly broke records\nin December as the omicron variant spread rapidly. However, hospitalisations\nand deaths have remained at lower levels than during previous waves.Scotland,\nWales and Northern Ireland have all introduced restrictions such as nightclub\nclosures, social distancing rules in pubs and limits on the number of people\nallowed to gather.But England,\nwhich accounts for more than 80 percent of the UK population, has not brought\nin any restrictions. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said any new curbs would only\nbe introduced as an \"absolute last resort\".\n\n                  \r\n"
<https://exposetimes.com/england-reports-162572-new-covid-19-cases-another-record/>